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Learn to convert xls to xml and xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in C#

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example C# source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the set that includes three different SDK products to generate barcodes, read barcodes and read and write spreadsheets: Barcode SDK, Barcode Reader SDK and Spreadsheet SDK and you can use it to convert xls to xml and xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do convert xls to xml and xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout Barcode Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Barcode Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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Bytescout.XLS.Utils.SimpleXMLConverter.cs

      using System;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;

namespace Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Utils
{
    /// <summary>
    /// class for simple XLS to XML and XML to XLS conversion
    /// </summary>
    public class SimpleXMLConverter
    {
        private readonly Spreadsheet document;

        public SimpleXMLConverter(Spreadsheet document)
        {
            this.document = document;
        }

        public void LoadXML(string path)
        {
            DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
            dataSet.ReadXml(path);

            foreach (DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
            {
                Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add(table.TableName);

                // Add columns
                worksheet.Columns.Insert(0, table.Columns.Count);

                /*// Add row for header
                worksheet.Rows.Insert(0);

                // Fill headers
                for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                    worksheet.Cell(1, i).Value = table.Columns[i].ColumnName;
                }*/

                // Add rows for data
                worksheet.Rows.Insert(0, table.Rows.Count);

                // Fill data
                for (int i = 0; i < table.Rows.Count; i++)
                {
                    for (int j = 0; j < table.Columns.Count; j++)
                    {
                        worksheet.Cell(i + 1, j).Value = table.Rows[i][j].ToString();
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public void SaveXML(string path)
        {
            DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();

            for (int i = 0; i < document.Workbook.Worksheets.Count; i++)
            {
                Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets[i];

                DataTable table = dataSet.Tables.Add(worksheet.Name);

                #region Add Columns

                for (int column = 0; column <= worksheet.UsedRangeColumnMax; column++)
                {
                    table.Columns.Add(
                        string.Format("Column_{0}", column));
                }

                #endregion

                #region Add rows

                for (int row = 0; row <= worksheet.UsedRangeRowMax; row++)
                {
                    object[] data = new object[worksheet.UsedRangeColumnMax + 1];

                    for (int column = 0; column <= worksheet.UsedRangeColumnMax; column++)
                    {
                        if (worksheet.Cell(row, column).Value != null &&
                            worksheet.Cell(row, column).Value.ToString().Trim() == "")
                            data[column] = null;
                        else
                            data[column] = worksheet.Cell(row, column).Value;
                    }

                    table.Rows.Add(data);
                }

                #endregion
            }

            dataSet.WriteXml(path);
        }

        private void PrintDataSet(DataSet ds)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("DataSet name: {0}", ds.DataSetName);
            foreach (DataTable table in ds.Tables)
            {
                int rowCount = table.Rows.Count;
                int columnCount = table.Columns.Count;

                Console.WriteLine("\nTable: {0} ({1} rows)", table.TableName, rowCount);
                foreach (DataColumn column in table.Columns)
                {
                    Console.Write("{0}\t", column.ColumnName);
                }
                Console.WriteLine();

                for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++)
                {
                    for (int column = 0; column < columnCount; column++)
                    {
                        Console.Write("{0}\t", table.Rows[i][column]);
                    }

                    Console.WriteLine();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Utils;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace SimpleXMLConverterSample
{
    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // sample XLS to XML conversion
            SampleXLStoXMLConversion();
            // sample XML to XLS conversion
            SampleXMLtoXLSConversion();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// shows how to convert existing XLS (Excel) document into XML using Bytescout.Spreadsheet and Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Utils.SimpleXMLConverter
        /// </summary>
        private static void SampleXLStoXMLConversion(){
            Spreadsheet document;

            // read XLS and save as XML
            document = new Spreadsheet();
	document.LoadFromFile("AdvancedReport.xls");
            SimpleXMLConverter tools = new SimpleXMLConverter(document);
            tools.SaveXML("AdvancedReport.xml");
            document.Close();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// shows how to convert XML data into XLS excel using Bytescout.Spreadsheet and Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Utils.SimpleXMLConverter
        /// </summary>
        private static void SampleXMLtoXLSConversion()
        {
            // read XML and convert into XLS (Excel) and save

            Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();

            SimpleXMLConverter tools = new SimpleXMLConverter(document);

            tools.LoadXML("AdvancedReport.xml");

            // delete output file if exists already
            if (File.Exists("Output.xls")){
                File.Delete("Output.xls");
            }

            // Save document
            document.SaveAs("Output.xls");

            // Close Spreadsheet
            document.Close();

            // open generated XLS document in default program
            Process.Start("Output.xls");

        }
    }

}